Leszek Ochota
Allergist, rheumatologist
Born Gdansk, Free City of Gdansk; came to U.S., 1952; son of Franciszek and Monika (Landowska); married Elizabeth (Bapst); children: Krystyna, Janusz, Halina.
Education: Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.), University of Fribourg, 1944, Doctor of Medicine (M.D.), 1948, Doctor of Science (Sc.D.), 1950. University of Zurich, (Switzerland).
Career: instructor, Duke University Medical Center, Durham (NC), 1956-57; instructor (in psychiatry), 1964-69, (in medicine), 1969 -, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore (MD).
Author: several articles in Annals of Allergy.
Member of: fellow, International Association of Allergists, International Corresponding Society of Allergists, International Platform Association, American College of Allergists, American Academy of Allergy and Clinical Immunology, Academy of Psychosomatic Medicine, American Geriatrics Society; life member, National Rifle Association; Quatuor Coronati Lodge of Research #808, Bayreuth (Germany), 1976-77; worshipful master, Arminius Lodge FAAM, 1976, La Fayette Lodge #19, and Pythagoras Lodge of Research, 1980, Washington (DC); 32nd degree Scottish Rite; shriner, Boumi Temple, Baltimore.
Honors: honorary member, Pythagoras Lodge of Research, 1974, Grand National Mother - Lodge "Under the Three Globes", Berlin (Germany), 1978; Silver Paulskirchen Medal, 1976, Silver Matthias - Claudius Medal, 1977, United Grand Lodges of Germany, Berlin.
Served with: Polish Armed Forces in the West (France), engineering battalion, cadet, 1939-40.
Affiliation: Republican.
Languages: German, Polish, English, French, Latin, Italian.
Hobbies: shooting instruction, hunting.
Home: 3810 Randolph Road, Wheaton, MD 20902.
From: "Who's Who in Polish America" 1st Edition 1996-1997, Boleslaw Wierzbianski editor; Bicentennial Publishing Corporation,
New York, NY, 1996.